William Francis
1817–1904
Editor and publisher. Studied science at Berlin and Giessen, 1839–42. PhD in chemistry, Giessen, 1842. Editor of Philosophical Magazine, 1851–1904; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1859–97. Partner in the publishing firm Taylor & Francis, 1852; head of the firm, 1858.
Sources
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1859–97
ODNB s.v. Taylor, Richard
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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